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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 66.89 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Fortinet's current share price is €56.19. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.84. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 66.89.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FO8' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.7   Med: 34.04   Max: 79.72
Current: 66.59

During the past years, Fortinet's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 79.72. The lowest was 12.70. And the median was 34.04.

FRA:FO8's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.19% of 1355 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.61 vs FRA:FO8: 66.59

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fortinet's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.166. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €0.84 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.48 33.03 69.31 49.11 62.70

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 67.07 76.43 60.13 62.70 74.15

Competitive Comparison of Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=56.19/0.84
=66.89

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Fortinet's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.166/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.166

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Fortinet Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 0.563 100.560 0.738
201409 0.611 100.428 0.802
201412 0.659 99.070 0.877
201503 0.786 99.621 1.040
201506 0.785 100.684 1.027
201509 0.822 100.392 1.079
201512 0.809 99.792 1.068
201603 0.777 100.470 1.019
201606 0.831 101.688 1.077
201609 0.845 101.861 1.093
201612 0.918 101.863 1.188
201703 0.957 102.862 1.226
201706 0.934 103.349 1.191
201709 0.867 104.136 1.097
201712 0.593 104.011 0.751
201803 0.670 105.290 0.839
201806 0.790 106.317 0.979
201809 0.897 106.507 1.110
201812 1.046 105.998 1.300
201903 1.097 107.251 1.348
201906 1.162 108.070 1.417
201909 1.273 108.329 1.549
201912 1.407 108.420 1.710
202003 0.597 108.902 0.722
202006 0.597 108.767 0.723
202009 0.746 109.815 0.895
202012 0.866 109.897 1.038
202103 1.009 111.754 1.190
202106 1.068 114.631 1.228
202109 1.163 115.734 1.324
202112 0.854 117.630 0.957
202203 0.247 121.301 0.268
202206 -0.471 125.017 -0.496
202209 -0.822 125.227 -0.865
202212 -0.340 125.222 -0.358
202303 0.014 127.348 0.014
202306 0.377 128.729 0.386
202309 0.089 129.860 0.090
202312 -0.558 129.419 -0.568
202403 -0.166 131.776 -0.166

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Fortinet  (FRA:FO8) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Business Description

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Fortinet is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, zero-trust access, and security operations. The firm derives a majority of its revenue through sales of its subscriptions and support-based business. The California-based firm has more than 700,000 customers across the world.

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